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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Supra vs super

She is super hot.
She is supra hot.
How would you phrase question 1 and 2 below if you are wondering what I am wondering?

1 Is supra hot to a higher degree than super hot?
2 Is supra stronger a word than super?
If you said supra hot would that mean you think she is hotter than if you had said super hot?

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Top answer

In modern English. the word 'super' is now commonly used to mean 'very'. The word 'supra' is not used in that way.

— Clive

  • In modern English.
  • the word 'super' is now commonly used to mean 'very'.
  • The word 'supra' is not used in that way.
  • It is rarely used at all.
  • Clive PS It might be 'teenage slang'.
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In modern English. the word 'super' is now commonly used to mean 'very'.
The word 'supra' is not used in that way. It is rarely used at all.

Clive

PS It might be 'teenage slang'. That can change from day to day.
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ClivePS It might b 'teenage slang'.
The only entry in urban dictionary is the name of a car. Celica and Supra were models manufactured by Toyota in the mid-1980s.
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I see.
lets say that super means to a higher degree than super.

How would you phrase question 1 and 2? What would be te correct way of saying it?

Is this grammatically correct Way to phrase? How would you phrase?
Supra is an adjective which means to a higher degree than super.
Supra is an adjective that is stronger than super.
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Anonymouslets say that super means to a higher degree than super.
That makes no sense whatsoever. The two words are identical.
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I understand.
I would like to know how to express the underlined bit :
How would you say this naturally if one word means exactly the other word but to a higher degree:

Gorgeous is an adjective which means to a higher degree than pretty.
Gorgeous is an adjective that is stronger than pretty.
Is the adjective "gorgeous" to a higher degree than the adj
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Gorgeous means very pretty.
Gorgeous means extremely pretty.
Frail means very weak.
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obviously. i am so stupid.
That wasn't the best example. Here is a better example that will allow me to see how to write what I tried to say
If "extremely" meant "very very"
How would this be written

Extremely is an adverb which means to a higher degree than "very".
Extremely is an adverb that is stronger than "very".
Is the adverb "extremely" to a
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As a modifier of an adjective, extremely usually indicates a degree that is more extreme than very.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/extreme
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Thank you, this is what I was looking for "a degree that is more extreme than very"
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